Here’s a thought experiment: imagine you’re sitting in your school’s site-based committee meeting. Someone has printed an agenda. There are bottled waters. The same five people are talking. The same three people are checking their phones. Sound familiar? Most schools have some version of this — a site-based committee or school site council, staffed by […]
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An August–September reset for leaders entering, inheriting, or improving a district federal programs process. Congratulations! You’ve been promoted to the title of Federal Programs Director (FPD), and you are ready to begin your first full school year in the new position. This is an exciting time of the year! The smell of freshly waxed floors
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In response to COVID-19 sweeping the nation, the Department of Education responded by issuing an unprecedented amount of federal relief funding for districts to use through ESSER I (CARES Act), II (CRRSA Act), and III (ARP Act) funding. The ESSER Fund (Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief) was originally created as part of the Education
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